go more than halfway
エアコン業者さんがthe first thing in the morningできて、修理をしてくれました。やっと人心地がついたところです。
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/A30/20120910/1347246759
しかしながら書かなければならない論文の山との格闘はまだまだ続いています。それもこれもすべて研究計画に予定を記したところからはじまっています。エアコンも復帰したことだし、最後までやるしかありません。
同じ事をオバマ大統領も今日のCBSインタビューで述べていました（と無理矢理つなげる）。（UG）
Scott Pelley: The folks at home are so concerned about Washington's apparent inability to get big things done. How can you assure the American people that you are willing to go halfway and make a compromise with these people that you apparently have such acrimony with?
President Barack Obama: Well, Scott, I've gotta tell you -- there may be acrimony directed towards me, but you know what? That's not unique to my presidency. I'm willing to go more than halfway. And I've displayed that. I think that throughout my political career I've shown not only an instinct but a desire to find common ground. What I'm not willing to do is to slash education spending or, you know, healthcare for poor and needy children. And the reason I'm not willing to do that is because it's not gonna help the economy grow. Independent economists have looked at this ... It wouldn't reduce the deficit.
